# Tour of Qatar

The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the first time, but it was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship support.
The event consisted of a men's competition over five stages, and, since 2009, a women's competition over four stages – held a week before the men's race. Because Qatar is entirely flat, the tour was almost always won by a sprinter or classics specialist. Belgian Tom Boonen and Dutchwoman Kirsten Wild hold the record with four overall wins, in the men's and ladies' competition respectively.

## Men's past winners
### General classification

| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
| 2002 | Germany | Thorsten Wilhelms | Team Coast |
| 2003 | Italy | Alberto Loddo | Lampre |
| 2004 | South Africa | Robert Hunter | Rabobank |
| 2005 | Denmark | Lars Michaelsen | Team CSC |
| 2006 | Belgium | Tom Boonen | Quick-Step–Innergetic |
| 2007 | Belgium | Wilfried Cretskens | Quick-Step–Innergetic |
| 2008 | Belgium | Tom Boonen | Quick-Step |
| 2009 | Belgium | Tom Boonen | Quick-Step |
| 2010 | Netherlands | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil |
| 2011 | Australia | Mark Renshaw | HTC–Highroad |
| 2012 | Belgium | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step |
| 2013 | Great Britain | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step |
| 2014 | Netherlands | Niki Terpstra | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step |
| 2015 | Netherlands | Niki Terpstra | Etixx–Quick-Step |
| 2016 | Great Britain | Mark Cavendish | Team Dimension Data |

### Points classification

| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
| 2002 | Germany | Thorsten Wilhelms | Team Coast |
| 2003 | Italy | Alberto Loddo | Lampre |
| 2004 | Belgium | Tom Boonen | Quick-Step–Davitamon |
| 2005 | Belgium | Tom Boonen | Quick-Step–Innergetic |
| 2006 | Belgium | Tom Boonen | Quick-Step–Innergetic |
| 2007 | Belgium | Tom Boonen | Quick-Step–Innergetic |
| 2008 | Belgium | Tom Boonen | Quick-Step |
| 2009 | Germany | Heinrich Haussler | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2010 | Germany | Heinrich Haussler | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2011 | Australia | Heinrich Haussler | Garmin–Cervélo |
| 2012 | Belgium | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step |
| 2013 | Great Britain | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step |
| 2014 | Belgium | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step |
| 2015 | Norway | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha |
| 2016 | Norway | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha |

### Stage wins

| Rider | Country | Stages |
| Tom Boonen | Belgium | 22 |
| Mark Cavendish | United Kingdom | 9 |
| Alexander Kristoff | Norway | 6 |
| Alberto Loddo | Italy | 3 |
| Francesco Chicchi | Italy | 2 |
| Arnaud Démare | France | 2 |
| Heinrich Haussler | Australia Germany | 2 |
| Robert Hunter | South Africa | 2 |
| Niki Terpstra | Netherlands | 2 |
| Thorsten Wilhelms | Germany | 2 |

## Ladies' past winners
### General classification

| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
| 2009 | Netherlands | Kirsten Wild | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2010 | Netherlands | Kirsten Wild | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2011 | Netherlands | Ellen van Dijk | HTC–Highroad Women |
| 2012 | Germany | Judith Arndt | GreenEDGE–AIS |
| 2013 | Netherlands | Kirsten Wild | Argos–Shimano |
| 2014 | Netherlands | Kirsten Wild | Giant–Shimano |
| 2015 | Great Britain | Lizzie Armitstead | Boels–Dolmans |
| 2016 | Germany | Trixi Worrack | Canyon–SRAM |

### Points classification

| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
| 2009 | Netherlands | Kirsten Wild | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2010 | Netherlands | Kirsten Wild | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2011 | Netherlands | Ellen van Dijk | HTC–Highroad Women |
| 2012 | Netherlands | Kirsten Wild | Netherlands (national team) |
| 2013 | Netherlands | Kirsten Wild | Argos–Shimano |
| 2014 | Netherlands | Kirsten Wild | Giant–Shimano |
| 2015 | Great Britain | Lizzie Armitstead | Boels–Dolmans |
| 2016 | Netherlands | Kirsten Wild | Team Hitec Products |

## 2017 Cancellation

The 2017 Tour of Qatar was scheduled to take place between 6 and 10 February 2017. However, in December 2016, the event was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship support. It would have been the 16th edition of the race and third event of the 2017 UCI World Tour. It was included in the UCI World Tour calendar for the first time.